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Boston Fire Department Payroll

Boston Fire Department is represented in the Boston payroll dataset from 2011-2025. Across 27,822 reported records, the department accounts for $1,767,449,508 in total gross pay and $504,515,973 in overtime. Use this page to review the department’s recurring titles, top-paid records, and year-by-year payroll footprint.

Total pay

$1,767,449,508

Combined gross pay in this department.

Average pay

$63,527

Average gross pay per record.

Employee names

2,753

Distinct employee-name entries reported.

Overtime

$504,515,973

Combined overtime in the dataset.

Year-by-year department payroll

Year Total Gross
2025 $316,676,060
2024 $343,616,180
2023 $559,248,465
2022 $278,031,391
2021 $269,877,412
2020 $0
2019 $0
2018 $0
2017 $0
2016 $0
2015 $0
2014 $0
2013 $0
2012 $0
2011 $0

Payroll records for this department

Employee Year Department Title Total Gross Overtime
Brian Robert Burns 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $189,662 $63,933
Alan J Staunton 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $189,338 $62,029
Jorge L Diaz 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $189,319 $55,837
Carlos Nieves 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Admin-ADR $189,172 $0
Anthony Lawrence Renzi 2021 Boston Fire Department Electrical Equip Repairprs## $189,164 $58,697
Rafael Ignacio Garcia 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $189,036 $23,879
Patrick John Foley 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $189,030 $49,484
Leroy Heyward 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $188,901 $45,884
Robert K. Kelly 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $188,731 $6,492
Kevin Patrick Ranahan 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain Administration $188,594 $21,854
Sheldon Terrell Mercer 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $188,537 $30,985
Steven Atkins 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $188,293 $43,364
Leroy C. James 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $188,177 $42,052
Joseph Johnson 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $188,119 $56,866
Marco A Molina 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter (InctComndSp) DFC $188,055 $52,231
Derik James Van Dyke 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $188,054 $24,543
Joseph R. Vinard 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $188,005 $54,937
William F Benevelli 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (Scuba Diver) $187,942 $0
Richard C Francis 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Captain $187,871 $15,797
Todd Christopher Leonard 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-AdvanceTechnician $187,869 $55,957
Richard L Mercer 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter $187,570 $28,305
Glenn D McGillivray 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant-AdvanceTech $187,529 $985
Michael James Mitchell 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Lieutenant $187,489 $31,015
Scott Ramsey Denson 2021 Boston Fire Department FF (FPDInspLevl1Certification) $187,480 $35,701
Daniel Robert Adjemian 2021 Boston Fire Department Fire Fighter-Technician $187,451 $48,589